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M. A. HAWKINS.

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APPLICATION man JUNE 21. 1915.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916..

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MARY A. HAWKINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed J une 21, 1915. Serial No. 35,432.

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A further object is to provide a table of comparatively inexpensive construction,

which can be easily and quickly folded into compact form and packed in a car or other vehicle.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing a corner of the table and the assembled rails and leg, Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the boards forming the top of the table in place, Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line :i3- of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the central portion of the table, Fig. 6 is a perspective view, showing the table knocked down and packed in convenient form for transportation.

In the drawing, 2 represents the rails of the table, made preferably of angle bar metal having a comparatively narrow-vertical iange 3 and a comparatively wide horizontal flange 4. These rails are all interchangeable and noselection is necessary in setting up the table. The ends of the abutting rails overlap one another and are provided with holes 5, preferably circular in form. Legs 6, also preferably of angle bar metal, have tapered lower ends 7 for convenience in thrusting them into the ground, and at their upper ends the edges of the flanges of the rails are recessed, as at 8, forming heads or tenons 9 which are adapted to slip into the holes 5 in the rails. The lower portions of the heads 9 are shown provided with notches 10 forming with the recesses 8 shoulders 11 upon which the rails 3 are seated. Plates 12, preferably of wood, are inserted between the vertical flanges 3, the corner plates being cut 0H, as at 13, to allow clearance for the heads of the legs. These plates 12 are of suiiicient length so that when they contact with the flanges 3 they will press the rails outwardly until the edges of the holes 3 enter the notches 10 and thereupon the rails will be locked together against upward separation from the legs until the filler plates 12 are removed and the rails released. A flat bar 15 preferably connects the rails at the center of the table.

The table may be made as long as desired by merely providing additional rails and placing them in alinement with one another with overlapping ends, both flanges of the legs being notched to provide for the interlocking of the side rails of the table together as well as those at the corners.

In using the device, the legs are thrust into the ground a suitable distance, the rails mounted thereon,fand the plates seated on the ianges, pressing the side and end rails apart and holding them in parallel relation. To take down the table, it is only necessary to remove the plates, which can be packed one upon another, and the rails may then be separated from the legs and nested with them to lit into the upper part of a suitable carrier 0r receptacle 14 of convenient size and shape to be packed away in an automobile or other vehicle.

While I have shown and described the head or tenons of the legs provided with horizontal notches for interlocking with the rails against upward separation, I have found in practice that this interlocking feature is not essential, it being sufficient to provide holes in the rails to receive the heads or tenons of the legs without making any provision for locking the rails or legs.

The table, of course, may be made in various sizes and the rails and legs made of different gage of metal, and in various vways the details of construction may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A knock-down table comprising side and end rails and legs having longitudinal notches forming tenons to enter sockets in Said rails, said tenons having recesses to receive the edges of said sockets, and plates forming the top of the table litting between and engaging said rails.

2. A knock-down table comprising a series of angle bars forming the side and end rails of the table, the ends of said bars having holes in their horizontal fianges and the abutting ends at the corners of the table lapping by one another to register the holes therein, legs having tenons formed on their upper ends to enter the holes in said flanges' and provided with shoulders on which said flanges are seated, plates fitting side by side between said bars and resting upon said horizontal flanges and forming the top of the table, said bars being loosely seated on said legs and having freedom of vertical movement to disengage them and the table top from said legs.

8. A knock-down table comprising a series of angle bars forming the side and end rails of the table, said bars having holes in their horizontal flanges, the abutting ends of the adjacent side and end rails lapping by one another when the table is set up to register the holes in the horizontal flanges, angle bar rails having tenons formed on their upper ends to enter said holes and bear on the edges Copies of this patent may 'ne obtained for thereof, said legs also having shoulders Whereon the horizontal flanges of said bars are seated, said tenons having notches therein to receive the'edges of said holes, and a table top composed of a series of plates fitting between the vertical flanges of said bars and seated on said horizontal ianges and holding said rails apart to prevent their disengagement from the notches in said tenons.

t. A knock-down table comprising a series of angle bars forming the side and end rails of the table, the horizontal flanges of said bars having holes therein, the abutting ends of the bars placed in alinement with one another being adapted to overlap to increase the length of the table, the bars at the corners of the table lapping by one another to register the holes therein, legs having tenons formed on their upper ends to enter said holes and having shoulders whereon the horizontal flanges of said bars are seated, and a table top composed of plates fitting between said rails and seated Y on .said horizontal flanges.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of June, 1915.

MARY A. HAlVKlNS.

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